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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1982
Page
7
Williamsburg two rural men aged 29 and 24 were released after the city council agreed not to press charges over a rifle shot at the water tower. They signed an agreement to reimburse for damages and donate $300 in recreational equipment to the city park.
A 1:45 p.m. Sunday four vehicle collision east of Le Loup left two injured. Steven D. Lute, 19, of Wellsville, in fair condition at University of Kansas Medical Center with a wrist injury. Curtis A. Brown, 19, also of Wellsville, treated and released from Ransom Memorial Hospital. The crash began with a collision between a westbound vehicle driven by Josephine Evans, 83, Locust, and a southbound car driven by Lute at an intersection. Dust hindered visibility as Brown and his sister Sherri L. Brown, 17, could not stop and collided with the other two vehicles. No damage estimates were available.
Kansas Grain Inspection Department Director Marvin Webb urged the Special Committee on Agriculture and Livestock to grant expanded auditing authority and tighter financial reporting plus an indemnity fund for state licensed grain elevators. He cited 11 elevator failures since October 1967 and called for earlier disclosure of financial weaknesses to reduce bankruptcies.
Republican hopeful Dennis Taylor resumed his 200 mile horseback trek across northeast Kansas from Lake Shawnee to Lawrence marking the halfway point with a rally in Gage Park. He plans to finish next Monday in Leavenworth atop a 9 year old horse named Red. Taylor notes urban reception has been strong while farmers report painful low prices more than high rates and argues for price support or export subsidies to save the family farm.
Community items include sales at Mark IV Shoes and The Other Place Grand Opening at 1020 N Main Fln July 30, local job changes at Hairport and Lane Fair specials, plus public notices of farm bureau policy meeting and several funeral services for Victor Basel Donna Stone George Honn and others. Community event details, locations and contact numbers provide a snapshot of daily life.
Burial at Richmond Cemetery for a Ottawa born man who married in 1925 and died recently. Survivors include three sons, two brothers, two sisters, eight grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Separate notices list Mrs. Byron Glasgow funeral in Granite City, and burial in Sunset Hills Cemetery Edwardsville. Also listed are funeral services for Leon Burrichter, veterans honors, hospital memorials, and several local legal and police items with multiple arrests, births, adoptions and accidents in Franklin County and surrounding areas.
Free electronic tests offered by Beltone Hearing Aid Specialists on Wednesday July 28 from noon to 3 pm. Tests use modern electronic equipment to check for correctable hearing loss, with in home testing available if travel is impossible.
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